July 6, 2010 -
Over the July 4th weekend, a single engine Cessna Corvalis 400, tail
number N660BA, was stolen from Monroe County Airport (KBMG) Bloomington, Indiana and
crash landed off the coast of the Bahamas.
U.S.
authorities believe the pilot of the aircraft was the infamous Colton
Harris-Moore of Camano Island,
Washington.

Although Colton
Harris-Moore does not have a pilot?s license he has
stolen several aircraft and crash landed them in the past. It is
believed that the only flight training Colton Harris-Moore received was
from a flight manual he ordered online and using a personal computer
based flight simulator.

The Cessna 400 was
derived from the normally-aspirated Columbia 300 which was
itself derived from the Lancair ES kit aircraft. The 400 is powered by a
turbocharged Continental TSIO-550-C engine producing 310 horsepower with
a max cruise speed of 270 mph and with a range of 1280 nautical miles.
The aircraft is equipped with a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit. It is truly
amazing that this brazing individual was able to fly across country and
over the water with what little aviation skills he has.

It is very
unlikely that this individual flew cross country without raising any
alarms with air traffic control. However authorities feel it has the
markings of the Barefoot Burglar. Investigators believe the single
engine aircraft worth over $600,000 was stolen between 9:30 PM Saturday
and 6:30 AM Sunday. The aircraft is registered to BS LLC, in Jennings, Indiana.
The FBI on Tuesday has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading
to the arrest of Colton Harris-Moore.

The Bahamas Flight
Services reported the aircraft crash landed in the water just off the
shoreline of the Bahamas and that there is neither a
trace of the pilot nor any passengers. The US Coast Guard picked up
signals from the aircraft's Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) which
alerted the Bahamian authorities.

Colton
Harris-Moore, born March 22, 1991, 18 years of age, 6?5?, 210 pounds,
better known as Colt, grew up in a mobile home in an isolated area of
CamanoIsland,
located in the state of
Washington. At age two his biological father
left the home and at age 7 his stepfather died. It was reported the
stepfather was physically and emotional abusive and on one occasion his
stepfather choked him during an argument at a family barbecue. This
young man had great difficulties in the public school setting, he would
not listen to his teachers and was involved in numerous altercations at
school.

In 2007, Colton
was convicted and sentenced to 3 years in a juvenile detention center.
However,
Colton was later
transferred to a halfway house because of good behavior. In 2008, while
serving time in the halfway home, Colton Harris-Moore escaped out of a
second story window. At bed-check he was in his pajamas. While
counselors left to do further rounds in the building, Colton climbed out
a second story window. He has been on the run ever since and thus
began his infamous run from the law.